The art of successful information systems outsourcing [electronic resource] / David Gefen.

ISBN:

9781606491621

9781606491614

Title:

The art of successful information systems outsourcing [electronic resource] / David Gefen.

Author:

Gefen, David.

Personal Author:

Gefen, David.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

New York, N.Y. : Business Expert Press, 2010.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations.

Series:

Information systems collection,

General Note:

Title from title screen.

Contents:

Prologue -- 1. What it is all about -- 2. Review of current is outsourcing topology and trends -- 3. The technology imperative -- 4. Agency and outsourcing risk management -- 5. Internal risks during outsourcing -- 6. Managing risks in interacting with the agent -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Local Note:

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Subject Term:

Information resources management.

Management information systems.

Contracting out.

Added Corporate Author:

Business Expert Press.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2010

Publication Information:

New York, N.Y. : Business Expert Press, 2010.

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Summary

This book is unique in that it does not simply discuss an author's practitioner experience or present a summary of academic research on what makes projects succeed. Rather, this book does not hide the real complexity of the issue and does not attempt to introduce the reader to some elusive nonexistent boilerplate solution. The book does include real world experience and does summarize academic research, but it also treats outsourcing for what it is -- an incredibly complex process. There are however many steps managers can take to understand outsourcing for what it really is and manage this process accordingly. It is this focus on the correct mindset, rather than the methodological steps alone, that makes this book unique, and that is why the title of the book is about outsourcing as an art and philosophy.